Taxes on goods and services in Croatia
Croatia: Taxes on goods and services was 22.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Taxes on goods and services in Croatia, 1995–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % value added of industry and services.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 22.1% for taxes on goods and services in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services in Croatia peaked at 24.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 18.7%, in 1997.
That places Croatia 2nd out of 154 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Taxes on goods and services in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % value added of industry and services | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 20.6% | — |
| 1996 | 19.7% | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 18.7% | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 21.7% | +16.0% |
| 1999 | 20.9% | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 22.0% | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 21.9% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 22.9% | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 22.2% | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 21.5% | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 21.2% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 21.4% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 20.8% | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 20.8% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 19.5% | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 20.2% | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 19.5% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 20.9% | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 21.9% | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 22.1% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 23.0% | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 23.3% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 23.5% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 24.1% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 24.3% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 22.8% | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 23.5% | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 22.6% | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 22.1% | -2.1% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 22.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 11.7%, 1.9× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 22.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13.0%, 1.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.4% | 18.7% | 21.7% | 5 |
| 2000s | 21.4% | 19.5% | 22.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.3% | 19.5% | 24.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.7% | 22.1% | 23.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
- 1 Macau, China 25.1% compare
- 3 Lesotho 22.1% compare
- 4 Tonga 21.6% compare
- 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.6% compare
More public sector data for Croatia
- Arms imports 90.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 23.28 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 90.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 421.36 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0175 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 13.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.63 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1,590 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on goods and services in Croatia?
- Taxes on goods and services in Croatia was 22.1% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on goods and services recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 24.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.7% in 1997.
- How does Croatia rank for taxes on goods and services?
- Croatia ranks 2nd out of 154 countries with data for 2023.
- Is taxes on goods and services rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in industry and services which is the contribution to the economy by industries in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 05-43 and 50-99.